The request stems from a Nov. 13 statement by outgoing Maine Republican Chair Charlie Webster that he planned to mail hundreds of post cards to non-residents he suspects voted to see if they're returned.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the Brennan Center for Justice are asking for a federal investigation into alleged voter intimidation during the last election.

The ACLU and Brennan Center, a non-partisan organization based at New York University School of Law, filed their request with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division on Friday.

The request stems from a Nov. 13 statement by outgoing Maine Republican Chair Charlie Webster that he planned to mail hundreds of post cards to non-residents he suspects voted fraudently to see if they're returned. Webster later apologized for saying "dozens of black people'' unfamiliar to election officials had voted in rural towns Nov. 6.